How can I get a specific mysqldump table?

When you have more than a few tables in mysqldump table it is much better running something like this:

mysql database name -u [user] -p[password] -e 'show tables like "table_name_%"'

       | grep -v Tables_in

  <strong>       | xargs mysqldump [databasename] -u [root] -p [password] > [target_file]</strong>

Or something like this:

mysqldump -u [user] -p[password] databasename `echo "show tables like 'table_name_%';" 

       | mysql -u[user] -p[password] databasename 

       | sed '/Tables_in/d'` > [target_file]

Remember that those commands must be typed in one line only.